Channel 4 has launched its new Spring and Summer schedule with a line-up of themed nights and dedicated seasons.All things Scouse are to be covered in the channel’s ‘A Night On The Mersey’ which will feature a curtain-raiser to the latest Brookside five-nighter in which a gas explosion threatens more lives. This starts on Easter… Continue reading C4 Schedules More Themed Nights For Spring/Summer
Broker Merrill Lynch has predicted that Capital Radio’s interim results will show an 8% increase in profits to £18.3 million. Earnings per share are expected to be up 16.4%. Merrill Lynch also predicts that Capital’s gross annual profit will reach £110.9 million by the year 2000.Radio advertising is predicted to be up 10% in the… Continue reading Capital Radio Interim Profits Predicted To Be £18.3m
Cable company Telewest Communications has been issued a formal warning from the Independent Television Commission (ITC) due to repeated failures in its compliance responsibilities for local advertisements (local avails).Contracts between a cable operator and programme supplier permit the cable company to insert local advertisements into the supplier’s programme signal. According to the ITC, in December… Continue reading ITC Warns Telewest Over Compliance Failures
United News & Media (UNM) has been granted an injunction to take the future British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) chief executive, Stephen Grabiner to court.UNM has been seeking to prevent Grabiner from working until his contract at UNM formally expires. He left the company for BDB at the beginning of the year.The injunction was granted at… Continue reading UNM To Take Grabiner To Court
The Independent Radio Group (IRG) has won a bid for a local commercial radio licence based in the Fife area. The station, Kingdom FM Radio, will play a mix of music from the 1960s to the 1990s with local news and content.The IRG holds a 20% stake in Kingdom FM.Radio Authority: 0171 430 2724
HTV West is unveiling a new logo today as part of its celebration of 30 years in broadcasting. The birthday celebrations are to include a retrospective look on the life of HTV television, which started broadcasting in 1958.In June 1997 HTV became part of United News & Media (UNM); UNM bought the regional broadcaster for… Continue reading New Logo To Mark HTV’s 30th Birthday
The Independent Television Commission’s (ITC) February 1998 Television Advertising Complaints bulletin has reported that the TV launch campaign by Computeract!ve magazine received complaints from 243 viewers.The ad showed a dog copulating with a man’s leg, apparently to allude to the ‘friendly’ nature of the magazine. Complainants felt that this was inappropriate imagery for television advertising,… Continue reading Computeractive Launch Ads Receive Over 200 Complaints
Future Publishing picked up the largest collection of accolades at the 1998 Association of Circulation Executives Awards, which were held last week at the Hilton on Park Lane, London.The publisher’s Computer Arts won the award for excellence and endeavour in the field of circulation for a smaller magazine (sales under 50,000) while Gamesmaster won the… Continue reading Future Wins Circulation Awards
In an attempt to monitor how clumsily we deal with computers and the like, a kind of time-motion study has been set up with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council which will view technology users in their own homes. In order that we are not disturbed in our natural environment, a number of… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 03/04/98
Saatchi & Saatchi has announced its annual financial results for the year ended 31 December 1997 and reports that pro forma profit before interest, tax and exceptionals is up by 39.1% to £30.6 million. Revenue was only slightly up, from £369 million in 1996 to £375 million this time. The company also reports an earnings… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi Pre-Tax Profit Up 39%
